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KILL OR CURE - The Race for an AIDS Vaccine
This is the glittering prize of drug R&D. In 1992 the US Government promised a vaccine within two years. Despite 25 years of research no one has found it. But in the slums of Nairobi in Kenya they may have made a breakthrough which they...
Curated Video
Laser Tattoo Removal Explained
During the tattoo removal process, a laser breaks up the permanent ink particles, allowing the body's immune system to absorb and eliminate the ink. Learn how white blood cells and light work together to break down the materials in a...
Catalyst University
Summary of the Adaptive Immune System [T & B Cells]
In this video, we explore the adaptive immune system and the interplay between helper T-cells, cytotoxic T-cells, and B-cells.
Catalyst University
GLUTEN! Mechanisms of Celiac Disease and Gluten Sensitivity
In this video, we discuss the physiological and biochemical differences between celiac disease and gluten sensitivity, both of which actually do exist, but are diametrically different in mechanism.
Professor Dave Explains
The Inflammatory Response
We touched upon the inflammatory response in the Anatomy & Physiology series, but now it's time to go much deeper. What is inflammation on the cellular level? Which cell types are involved with the response, and what are the mechanisms...
The Wall Street Journal
Finding a Cure for HIV
Dr. Sharon Lewin, president of the International AIDS Society and director of the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, discusses how the successful development of antiviral strategies and gene therapies could be given to...
JJ Medicine
Acute Interstitial Nephritis (AIN) | Causes, Pathophysiology, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Acute Interstitial Nephritis (AIN) | Causes, Pathophysiology, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment Acute Interstitial Nephritis (AIN) is a renal condition involving inflammation of the kidney (nephron) often due to immunological responses to a...
Catalyst University
Anatomy - Basics of Antigen Presentation
In this video, we look at the function of antigen-presenting cells (APCs): antigen presentation.
Curated Video
Immune System: Innate and Adaptive Immunity Explained
The immune system (or immunity) can be divided into two types - innate and adaptive immunity. This video has an immune system animation. The innate immune system consists of defenses against infection that are activated instantly as a...
Professor Dave Explains
Structure and Immune Function of the Lymphatic System
With some basics out of the way, we are ready to get a sense of the overall structure of the immune system. That will mean looking at the lymphatic system. We already looked at this system in the context of its involvement in the...
Curated Video
Immune Privilege: Do Your Eyes Have a 'Separate' Immune System?
To protect your vision, the human eye gets something called immune privilege. It is basically a license that the body’s immune system gives to some organs, like the eyes and the brain. Immune privilege limits the response of the immune...
Curated Video
EVERY Human Would Die Without This Cell
What if I told you that there’s one cell in your body that if you don’t have it, you will die? And I’m not saying you might die. I’m telling you that you WILL die if you don’t have it. What is it?
Curated Video
An Introduction to the Immune System
The immune system is a pretty complex system that includes a number of different cell types and organs. Their function is to basically block, destroy or at least neutralize any harmful substances that could enter the body. And when we...
Curated Video
Four Ways Your Immune System Learns to Attack EVERYTHING!
You’re infected. Something harmful is in your body and you gotta get rid of it. In this video, I’m gonna talk about four ways your immune system attacks everything.
JJ Medicine
Ulcerative Colitis Signs and Symptoms (& Why They Occur), and Complications
Ulcerative Colitis Signs and Symptoms (& Why They Occur), and Complications Ulcerative Colitis is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that involves inflammation in the large intestine (colon). Due to it being a chronic inflammatory...
Professor Dave Explains
Introduction to Antihistamines
Everybody knows what allergies are, but what causes them? What drugs do we have available to address them? As we learned in the immunology series, allergies are symptoms of an immune response to a perceived threat. Histamine is a...
Next Animation Studio
Experts explain what viruses are
Viruses straddle the definition of being living and nonliving, according to the National Human Genome Research Institute.
Next Animation Studio
Moderna’s phase-1 trials show experimental coronavirus vaccine can induce immune response
U.S. biotech firm Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine has successfully triggered an immune response in all volunteers against COVID-19 during preliminary testing
Next Animation Studio
Genetically modified pig heart transplanted into human patient for first time ever
A man from the U.S. has become the first person to get a heart transplant from a pig, according to the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Visual Learning Systems
Understanding Immunity and How it Fights Diseases
This video explains the concept of immunity and the role of the immune system in fighting infections. It discusses how vaccines help create immunity by stimulating the production of antibodies and cells that can inactivate harmful...
Catalyst University
Anatomy & Physiology of Lymph Nodes
In this video, we discuss the following: [1] the basic anatomy of a lymph node [2] how the lymph node mounts an immune response against foreign pathogens in the lymph
Ancient Lights Media
How do we acquire immunity to bacteria and viruses?
Acquiring Immunity - Viruses/Immunity Set - Part 3, This clip offers a step by step look at how the human body develops immunity to infectious diseases.
Catalyst University
Anatomy & Physiology of the Spleen
In this video, we discuss the following: [1] the basic anatomy of spleen [2] the two major functions of the spleen (RBC degradation & immune responses) and the division of labor between red and white pulp.